Assistant Statutory Accountant

Assistant Statutory Accountant

About ARTC

Keeping Australia moving and growing our network for the future brings immense opportunities.

At ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation), we are one of the largest rail network owners in Australia. With more than 1,800 employees across 39 locations, we all work towards our common goal to link the nation and keep Australia moving. As the rail industry undergoes significant transformation, we've invested billions of dollars to build, expand and modernise our network to get freight off the road and onto rail, and we're not stopping. That's good for our customers, motorists, the environment, and communities.

About the Team

Our Finance team's focus is to support business units by providing a wide range of facilitation, guidance and governance services in an effective and collaborative manner, as well as at a strategic and corporate level.

Our core value comes from how our teams collaborate and partner with the business to deliver our support services. Success in our roles is achieved by influencing and innovating as well as listening and responding to the needs of the operating business units.

About the Opportunity

Assist the Statutory Accounting team in maintaining and continuously improving the accuracy and efficiency of the general ledger, fixed asset registers and AASB 16 leasing accounts.

Ensuring the accurate and timely recording of assets, provision of accounting and tax asset information and fixed asset reporting. In conjunction with technical AASB 16 application, internal reporting, ledger bookings, reconciliations, periodic tasks and external reporting ensuring timely and accurate outputs.

• Provide General Ledger reconciliations for audit purposes. Preparing and coordinating monthly statistical reporting of the ARTC General Ledger reconciliations
• Produce the ARTC Bank Reconciliation; processing and verifying financial transactions, including bank, ARTC and external liaison where required
• Undertake General Ledger (GL) bank receipting, distributing non-GL to other teams
• Prepare quarterly, annual and ad-hoc ABS reports
• Calculate and process monthly journals, including: GRNIs, prepayments, depreciation, leasing and other bookings
• Reconciliation and maintenance of ARTC's fixed asset registers, including capitalisations, cost adjustments, disposals and fair value adjustments in all relevant asset books

About You

To ensure success in this position, applicants will be able to demonstrate:

• Tertiary qualifications in an accounting or equivalent experience
• Ability to contribute to the organisation as part of a team
• Experience in the reconciliation of outstanding accounts, fixed assets, month end accounting and use of spreadsheets in a similar role or a role that encompasses these areas within a commercial organisation
• Strong attention to work and analytical review
• Competent written and verbal communication skills; good interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Experience in operating accounting packages

What we offer

You will have access to a variety of benefits working with us, including but not limited to:

• Work on leading major projects as part of a long-term program of work
• Competitive remuneration
• Flexible working options available
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for all employees and their direct family members
• Numerous financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits Including salary sacrifice option of novated leasing, discounts and support programs

Our Organisation and Culture

We foster an inclusive, values led culture and embrace diversity in all forms. Together, our people build a respectful, fair, and flexible workplace and we thrive on creating an environment where your hard work and achievements are recognised.

We have an uncompromising commitment to your physical and mental health and safety. We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with ongoing development opportunities is important to us. We rely on the diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals.To ensure we can do that, we seek talented employees regardless of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or cultural background.

At ARTC, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to making a real difference for Australia's first peoples and encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. Come and join us at ARTC and experience belonging.

Apply Now

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please apply online today. As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment criminal history, reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing. ARTC is a drug and alcohol-free working environment.

Applications close: 18th April 2024.

ARTC reserve the right to progress applications prior to the closing date.